Safety features

Here's some information about the improved safety features for the new pedestrian crossing designs:

Built out kerbs:

• Reduces crossing distance and therefore crossing time.

• Improves safety of pedestrians because they are more visible to oncoming drivers and can view approaching traffic better.

• Creates space for pedestrians to wait without blocking others walking past.

• Physically prevents drivers from parking and blocking the crossing point.

• Can help to slow vehicle speeds by narrowing the road.

Median refuges:

• Reduces crossing distance for pedestrians.

• Simplifies the crossing task as pedestrians only need to find gap in one stream of traffic at a time.

• Can considerably reduce delays to pedestrians.

• Can help to slow vehicle speeds by narrowing the traffic lanes.

Zebra Crossing:

• Gives pedestrians priority resulting in minimal delays for pedestrians.

• Are obvious as a place for pedestrians to cross.

Tactile ground surface indicators:

• Directional indicators give directional orientation to people who are blind or have low vision when other tactile or environmental cues such as the property line or kerb edge are either absent or give insufficient guidance.